White conductor as a ungrounded conductor

[Dsg319]

120volt control circuits for a motor starter and floats in a sump pump. Do white conductors need to be “phased” with tape a different color?

 

[tom baker]

Is this in a cable?

 

[Dsg319]

Is this in a cable?

No single conductors.

 

[tom baker]

No a white single conductor can not be reidentified. Just pull in a blk, red, etc color
4 and larger blk can be reidentified as white or gray
But white can only be used for ungrounded

 

[Dsg319]

Thank you.

 

[Carultch]

No a white single conductor can not be reidentified. Just pull in a bulk, red, etc color
4 and larger blk can be reidentified as white or gray

When conductors do get re-identified thru tape, other than when they start as part of a manufactured cable, is there any rule requiring black wire to be the "blank canvas"?

 

[ActionDave]

When conductors do get re-identified thru tape, other than when they start as part of a manufactured cable, is there any rule requiring black wire to be the "blank canvas"?

I don't know of a rule that the base color has to be black, but there is a rule that you can't re-identify a white.

 

[jaggedben]

But white can only be used for ungrounded

White can only be used for grounded. Or, white cannot be used for ungrounded.

I'm sure that's what you meant, just correcting for the record.

 

[K8MHZ]

White can only be used for grounded. Or, white cannot be used for ungrounded.

I'm sure that's what you meant, just correcting for the record.

What about when we use NM for a switch leg?

 

[Carultch]

What about when we use NM for a switch leg?

The colors of wires in manufactured cables are always permitted to be reidentified how ever you see fit.

It is wire that starts as individual conductors that don't allow white to be re-identified.